Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Aug 7, 2016, 2:15 PM EDT (18:15 UTC)

Expired

Aug 7, 2016, 2:45 PM EDT

In force

30 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

County Lumpkin County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
215 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2016
 
GAZ015-071845-
LUMPKIN GA-
215 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LUMPKIN COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM
EDT...

AT 215 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR DAHLONEGA...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

  HAZARD...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. 
           LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. 
           REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH 
           TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES SHOULD 
           NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW 
           DOWN AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO 
           HYDROPLANING. ALSO...THE HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE TEMPORARY 
           STREET FLOODING OR ROAD PONDING IN SLOW DRAINAGE AREAS. 
           WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD...REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND 
           DON'T DROWN. 

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
DAHLONEGA...AURARIA...GARLAND AND NIMBLEWILL. 

LAT...LON 3450 8384 3446 8389 3446 8391 3447 8391
      3447 8393 3445 8392 3442 8398 3446 8410
      3447 8410 3447 8411 3450 8415 3459 8418
      3466 8398
TIME...MOT...LOC 1815Z 335DEG 7KT 3457 8405 

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